Do you have to fight to keep your taco tracking straight at highway speeds when there is some cross wind? Or do I need to get the dealer to make another stab at a front end alignment?

UPDATE: So I installed TRD Off Road shocks (Prerunner springs). This seems to have made a huge difference in how the truck handles.

Before, the steering wheel would get very loose if there was any wind or buffeting. Now the steering stays tight and heavy, like the truck actually weighs 4000lbs, not leaf being blown around in the wind.

I was banking on the floating being due to body roll, and at this point it seems that assumption was correct.

I love my taco, but it was very uncomfortable to drive above 55... now, I love it! I can kick back with one hand on the wheel and not worry about ending up in the ditch!

When storms roll through Utah, I notice that the truck gets buffeted by the wind. The truck is completely stock, but this happens almost every time the wind is blowing. I used to drive a Subaru Impreza wagon, and the same thing would happen. I think it's just physics... but then again, the truck is stock with 7.5k miles on it.

Yeah, my 03 taco blew around on the highway and so does this one... Just pretty light trucks and so a decent wind will turn these things into a sailboat in no time. You should see what the wind does to my parents excursion though when the wind starts whipping through. Insane

Do you have to fight to keep your taco tracking straight at highway speeds when there is some cross wind? Or do I need to get the dealer to make another stab at a front end alignment?

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On my 09 DC I never had to fight the wind to keep it straight, but it always felt "skitish" in the wind. Would still drive straight, but it would feel like the body was being moved around a bit. That was stock.

I've since added 5100s all around (fronts at .85 lift), TSB rear springs, larger tires (265-70/16 from 245-75-16), and an alignment where I specified the setting at 0/0/2.1. Since then it is much much better. Can still feel some movement, but not the old Caddy floaty thing like before.

Beefier Taco suspension helps with wind gusts on the roads while driving. I installed an inexpensive $25 -autozone-helper spring set up forward of the axle under the taco and it helped a bunch with wind on the roads. The way I installed it,the spring serves as a sway bar instead of load capacity enhancer,as it was designed for...

UPDATE: So I installed TRD Off Road shocks (Prerunner springs). This seems to have made a huge difference in how the truck handles.

Before, the steering wheel would get very loose if there was any wind or buffeting. Now the steering stays tight and heavy, like the truck actually weighs 4000lbs, not leaf being blown around in the wind.

I was banking on the floating being due to body roll, and at this point it seems that assumption was correct.

I love my taco, but it was very uncomfortable to drive above 55... now, I love it! I can kick back with one hand on the wheel and not worry about ending up in the ditch!